Latch device and server using the same
A latch device is provided herein, which includes a base fixedly disposed on a chassis and having an abutting side, an accommodating frame fixedly disposed on a top cover and having two bumped spring tabs on two inner sides thereof, and a rotatable handle hinged with the accommodating frame by a hinge. The rotatable handle has two openings at an end thereof near to the hinge and two holes at another end thereof far from the hinge. The rotatable handle is rotated to engage and interact the opening with the abutment side, so that the top cover engagedly covers or is separated from the chassis. The bumped spring tab is snapped into the hole after engagedly covering or before separated.
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The present invention relates to a field of mechanical structural techniques, and particularly to a latch device which can be used for smoothly assembling and disassembling a top cover and a server using the same.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONIn recent years, with the increasing development on technologies, the serviceability of electronic products and their accessories has become more popularly and developed toward a light and compact design in sizes, so as to provide a higher convenience. By minifying the electronic products and their accessories, the assembling of the electronic products and accessories is becoming more and more difficult. For the convenience on assembling the electronic products and their accessories, all components of the electronic products and their accessories are firstly assembled within a chassis of the electronic products and accessories, always, and then the chassis is closed by using a top cover.
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However, when pressing the button 12, the lock 13 may become stuck, so that it fails to separate from the engagement section 14, and the top cover 10 is thus hard to be disassembled.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONA technical problem which the present invention intends to resolve is to accomplish smoothly assembling and disassembling a top cover with relation to a chassis by providing a latch device and a server using the same.
In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a latch device, comprising: a base fixedly disposed on a chassis and having an abutting side, an accommodating frame fixedly disposed on a top cover and having two bumped spring tabs on two inner sides thereof, and a rotatable handle hinged with the accommodating frame by a hinge. The rotatable handle has two openings at an end thereof near to the hinge and two holes at another end thereof far from the hinge. The rotatable handle is rotated to engage and interact the opening with the abutment side, so that the top cover engagedly covers or is separated from the chassis, and the bumped spring tab is snapped into the hole after engagedly covering or before separated.
In one embodiment, the accommodating frame has a recess which accommodates the rotatable handle therein while engagedly covering.
In one embodiment, the rotatable handle has a locking structure at another end thereof far from the hinge. The accommodating frame has a stopping section. The locking structure is opened or closed with respect to the stopping section by screwing the locking structure when the rotatable handle is engaged.
The present invention further provides a server having a latch device, comprising a chassis, a top cover engagedly covering the chassis, and a latch device fixedly disposed on the top cover. The latch device comprises a base fixedly disposed on the chassis and having an abutting side, an accommodating frame fixedly disposed on the top cover and having two bumped spring tabs on two inner sides thereof, and a rotatable handle hinged with the accommodating frame by a hinge. The rotatable handle has two openings at an end thereof near to the hinge and two holes at another end thereof far from the hinge. The rotatable handle is rotated to engage and interact the opening with the abutment side, so that the top cover engagedly covers or is separated from the chassis, and the bumped spring tab is snapped into the hole after engagedly covering or before separated.
In one embodiment, the rotatable handle has a locking structure at another end thereof far from the hinge. The accommodating frame has a stopping section. The locking structure is opened or closed with respect to the stopping section by screwing the locking structure when the rotatable handle is engaged.
In one embodiment, the accommodating frame has a recess which accommodates the rotatable handle therein while engagedly covering.
In one embodiment, both sides of the chassis are provided with a plurality of bayonet slots, the top cover are provided with a plurality of first positioning pins on both sides thereof. The first positioning pins are engaged with or separated from the bayonet slots when the top cover engagedly covers or is separated from the chassis.
In one embodiment, the chassis is provided with a plurality of position-limiting holes on a rear edge thereof, the top cover is provided with a plurality of second positioning pins on a rear edge thereof. The second positioning pins are engaged with or separated from the position-limiting holes when the top cover engagedly covers or is separated from the chassis.
In one embodiment, the chassis is provided with a plurality of locking tongues on a front portion thereof, the top cover is provided with a plurality of arch-shaped position-limiting sections on a front portion thereof. The locking tongues are engaged with or separated from the arch-shaped position-limiting sections when the top cover engagedly covers or is separated from the chassis.
A advantage of the present invention is that when pushed or pulled, the rotatable handle of the latch device is rotated to engage and interact the opening with the abutment side, so that the top cover engagedly covers or is separated from the chassis, and the bumped spring tab is snapped into the hole after engagedly covering or before separated, so as to accomplish smoothly assembling and disassembling the top cover with relation to the chassis, and also so as to avoid disassembling the top cover from becoming difficulty resulted from latch deadlock in the prior art. Furthermore, the latch device of the present invention is not made of any plastic components or die-casting components. A rotation motion of the rotatable handle can be converted into a horizontal movement of the top cover by only using common stamped components and rivet assembly types, thereby being capable of simplifying its manufacturing process.
A latch device and a server using the same according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be introduced in detail by referring to those figures.
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The base 23 is fixedly disposed on a chassis 21 and has an abutting side 28. The accommodating frame 24 is fixedly disposed upon a top cover 20 and has two bumped spring tabs 242 on two inner sides thereof.
The rotatable handle 25 is hinged with the accommodating frame 24 by a hinge 26, so that the rotatable handle 25 is rotated between a first position and a second position. Referring to
The rotatable handle 25 has two openings 250 at an end thereof near to the hinge 26 and two holes 251 at another end thereof far from the hinge 26. The rotatable handle 25 is rotated to engage and interact the openings 250 with the abutment side, so that the top cover 20 engagedly covers or is separated from the chassis 21. The bumped spring tabs 242 are snapped in the holes 251 after engagedly covering or before separated.
Furthermore, the accommodating frame 24 has a recess 240 which accommodates the rotatable handle 25 therein while engagedly covering.
The rotatable handle 25 is rotated between the first position and the second position. Each opening 250 is engaged with the base 23. When the rotatable handle 25 is rotated from the first position to the second position, the abutting side 28 of the base is squeezed by a side of the opening 250, and the latch device 22 is pushed and moved toward a first direction L1 (see
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When the screw head section 2701 directs an unlocked position, the ratchet piece 271 is located under the stopping section 243. The stopping section 243 restricts the up and down movement of the ratchet piece 271, so that a rotation of the rotatable handle 25 relative to the accommodating frame 24 is prevented. When a user rotates the screw head section 2701, it is movable from its locked position into its unlocked position. The screw head section 2701 drives the rotating section 270 to rotate, thereby rotating the ratchet piece 271, so that the ratchet piece 271 is separated from the stopping section 243, and the rotatable handle 25 can rotate relative to the accommodating frame 24.
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The above-mentioned process is assembling the top cover 20 on the chassis 21 by using the latch device 22. The process of disassembling the top cover 20 from the chassis 21 the opposite of the above-mentioned assembling process. As shown in
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When the top cover 20 is assembled on the chassis 21, the rotatable handle 25 is rotated from the first position to the second position. The opening 250 of the rotatable handle 25 is engaged with the abutting side 28 of the base 23, and it rotated along the hinge 26. The rotatable handle 25 drives the accommodating frame 24 accompanied with the top cover 20 to move along a first direction L1 relative to the chassis 21 (along a horizontal direction for engaging with each other). The first positioning pin 2012 is engaged with the L-shaped bayonet slot 211. The second positioning pin 2011 is engaged with the position-limiting hole 210. The arch-shaped position-limiting section 2013 is engaged with the locking tongue 212. The bumped spring tab 242 of the accommodating frame 24 is engaged with the hole 251 of the rotatable handle 25. Therefore, the locking structure 27 of the rotatable handle 25 is screwed and engaged with the stopping section 243 of the accommodating frame 24. Thus, the top cover 20 is assembled on the chassis 21.
When the top cover 20 is disassembled from chassis 21, the locking structure 27 of the rotatable handle 25 is screwed and separated from the stopping section 243 of the accommodating frame 24. The hole 251 of the rotatable handle 25 is separated from the bumped spring tab 242 of the accommodating frame 24. The rotatable handle 25 is rotated from the second position to the first position. The opening 250 of the rotatable handle 25 is engaged with the abutting side 28 of the rotatable handle 25, and it rotated along the hinge 26. The rotatable handle 25 drives the accommodating frame 24 accompanying with the top cover 20 to move along a second direction L2 relative to the chassis 21 (along a rear and horizontal direction for opening). The first positioning pin 2012 is separated from the L-shaped bayonet slot 211. The second positioning pin 2011 is separated from the position-limiting hole 210. The arch-shaped position-limiting section 2013 is separated from the locking tongue 212. Therefore, the top cover 20 is disassembled from the chassis 21.
The above descriptions are merely preferable embodiments of the present invention. It should be noted that those of ordinary skill in the art can make improvements and modifications without departing from the principle of the present invention, and all of the improvements and modifications should be contained within the scope of the attached claims of the present invention.
Claims
1. A latch device, comprising:
- a base fixedly disposed on a chassis and having an abutting side;
- an accommodating frame fixedly disposed on a top cover and having two bumped spring tabs on two inner sides thereof; and
- a rotatable handle hinged with the accommodating frame by a hinge,
- wherein the rotatable handle has two openings at an end thereof near to the hinge, and two holes at another end thereof far from the hinge; and
- the rotatable handle is rotated to engage and interact the opening with the abutment side so that the top cover engagedly covers or is separated from the chassis, and the bumped spring tab is snapped into the hole after engagedly covering or before separated.
2. The latch device according to claim 1, wherein the accommodating frame has a recess which accommodates the rotatable handle therein while engagedly covering.
3. The latch device according to claim 1, wherein the rotatable handle has a locking structure at the another end thereof far from the hinge, the accommodating frame has a stopping section, the locking structure is opened or closed with respect to the stopping section by screwing the locking structure when the rotatable handle is engaged.
4. A server having a latch device, comprising a chassis, a top cover engagedly covering the chassis, and the latch device fixedly disposed on the top cover, the latch device comprising:
- a base fixedly disposed on the chassis and having an abutting side;
- an accommodating frame fixedly disposed on the top cover and having two bumped spring tabs on two inner sides thereof; and
- a rotatable handle hinged with the accommodating frame by a hinge,
- wherein the rotatable handle has two openings at an end thereof near to the hinge, and two holes at another end thereof far from the hinge; and
- the rotatable handle is rotated to engage and interact the opening with the abutment side so that the top cover engagedly covers or is separated from the chassis, and the bumped spring tab is snapped into the hole after engagedly covering or before separated.
5. The server according to claim 4, wherein the rotatable handle has a locking structure at the another end thereof far from the hinge, the accommodating frame has a stopping section, the locking structure is opened or closed with respect to the stopping section by screwing the locking structure when the rotatable handle is engaged.
6. The server according to claim 4, wherein the accommodating frame has a recess which accommodates the rotatable handle therein after engagedly covering.
7. The server according to claim 4, wherein the chassis is provided with a plurality of bayonet slots on both sides thereof, the top cover is provided with a plurality of first positioning pins on both sides thereof, the first positioning pins are engaged with or separated from the bayonet slots when the top cover engagedly covers or is separated from the chassis.
8. The server according to claim 4, wherein the chassis is provided with a plurality of position-limiting holes on a rear edge thereof, the top cover is provided with a plurality of second positioning pins on a rear edge thereof, the second positioning pins are engaged with or separated from the position-limiting holes when the top cover engagedly covers or is separated from the chassis.
9. The server according to claim 4, wherein the chassis is provided with a plurality of locking tongues on a front portion thereof, the top cover is provided with a plurality of arch-shaped position-limiting sections on a front portion thereof, the locking tongues are engaged with or separated from the arch-shaped position-limiting sections when the top cover engagedly covers or is separated from the chassis.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Jan 12, 2015
Date of Patent: Jun 7, 2016
Assignees: INVENTEC (PUDONG) TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION (Shanghai), INVENTEC CORPORATION (Taipei)
Inventors: Jia-Bin Wang (Shanghai), Xin-Kai Shi (Shanghai)
Primary Examiner: Anthony Q Edwards
Application Number: 14/594,697
International Classification: H05K 7/20 (20060101); H05K 5/02 (20060101); H05K 7/14 (20060101);